Hajar Mountains

Hajar Mountains
Hajar Mountains
Oman Mountains ; Rocky Mountains ; Stone Mountains ; Asabon Mountains
	The Central-Western Hajar rising behind Nakhal Fort, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman
Highest point
Peak	Jebel Shams, Oman
Elevation	3,009 m (9,872 ft)
Naming
Native name	Jibāl al-Ḥajar (جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر (Arabic))
Geography
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Countries	Oman and United Arab Emirates
Region	Asia
Range coordinates	23°18′N 57°06′E / 23.3°N 57.1°E

The Hajar Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر, romanized: Jibāl al-Ḥajar, The Rocky Mountains^[3]^[4] or The Stone Mountains) are one of the highest mountain ranges in the Arabian Peninsula,^{[citation needed]} shared between northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates. Also known as "Oman Mountains",^[1]^[2] they separate the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau, and lie 50–100 km (31–62 mi) inland from the Gulf of Oman.

Al (اَلْ) means "the", and Ḥajar (حَجَر) means "stone" or "rock". So al-Ḥajar (اَلْحَجَر) is named as "the stone" or "the rock".

^ ^a ^b Allen, Calvin H. Jr. (2016-02-05). "1: Land and People". Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-3172-9164-0.
^ ^a ^b Geukens, F. (1966). Bowers, S. D. (ed.). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ ^a ^b Al-Yahyai, Sultan; Charabi, Yassine; Al-Sarmi, Said; Al-Maskari, Juma (2017-05-09). "3: Scenarios Based Climate Projection for Oman's Water Resources". In Abdalla, Omar; Kacimov, Anvar; Chen, Mingjie; Al-Maktoumi, Ali; Al-Hosni, Talal; Clark, Ian (eds.). Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward. Springer. p. 49. ISBN 978-3-3195-1856-5.
^ ^a ^b Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz; Ragala, Rachid; Moussa, Mohamed (2016-11-25). "12: The Aqueducts of the Sultanate of Oman: Sustainable Water-Supplying Irrigating Oases Cities". In Angelakis, Andreas N.; Chiotis, Eustathios; Eslamian, Saeid; Weingartner, Herbert (eds.). Underground Aqueducts Handbook. CRC Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4987-4831-5.

[Allen2016-1] Allen, Calvin H. Jr. (2016-02-05). "1: Land and People". Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-3172-9164-0.

[USGSPP_1966-2] Geukens, F. (1966). Bowers, S. D. (ed.). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

[Abdallah_al_05-2017-3] Al-Yahyai, Sultan; Charabi, Yassine; Al-Sarmi, Said; Al-Maskari, Juma (2017-05-09). "3: Scenarios Based Climate Projection for Oman's Water Resources". In Abdalla, Omar; Kacimov, Anvar; Chen, Mingjie; Al-Maktoumi, Ali; Al-Hosni, Talal; Clark, Ian (eds.). Water Resources in Arid Areas: The Way Forward. Springer. p. 49. ISBN 978-3-3195-1856-5.

[Angelakis_al_11-2016-4] Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz; Ragala, Rachid; Moussa, Mohamed (2016-11-25). "12: The Aqueducts of the Sultanate of Oman: Sustainable Water-Supplying Irrigating Oases Cities". In Angelakis, Andreas N.; Chiotis, Eustathios; Eslamian, Saeid; Weingartner, Herbert (eds.). Underground Aqueducts Handbook. CRC Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4987-4831-5.

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Hajar Mountains
Oman Mountains^[1]^[2] Rocky Mountains^[3]^[4] Stone Mountains Asabon Mountains
The Central-Western Hajar rising behind Nakhal Fort, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman
Highest point
Peak	Jebel Shams, Oman
Elevation	3,009 m (9,872 ft)
Naming
Native name	Jibāl al-Ḥajar (جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر (Arabic))
Geography
Hajar Mountains Show map of Oman Hajar Mountains Show map of Middle East Hajar Mountains Show map of West and Central Asia
Countries	Oman and United Arab Emirates
Region	Asia
Range coordinates	23°18′N 57°06′E / 23.3°N 57.1°E / 23.3; 57.1